Rand Fishkin (of SEOmoz) with a great explanation on how to build two career paths for contributors and managers. Once people are feeling that the only way to earn more money and have more power to drive changes is by being promoted into manager role, you doomed your company's ability to retain talent. Highly recommended reading!

Chris Wake points to 5 dangerous habits of ineffective people. I think that two of them "Consuming more than you create" and "Prioritizing the wrong activities" are major red flags (time to say goodbye?)

Another post by yours truly. This time, trying to make you more aware to the fact that every time you ask someone else to take care of your people, you're losing an opportunity to build personal bond with your teammates.

How fast do we rush to (poorly) judge ideas and people? Dustin Curtis quickly dismissed both Vine and Pinterest's founders with "oh wow, what a stupid idea". Think about it when your teammate or boss suggest something - can you give them the benefit of the doubt? If someone else is willing to invest time and effort to create something (rather than just talking about it), I think we owe them at least an open mind to hear them out and support them as best as we can.

Very interesting story from Spotify on how they formed a management team, involving a technical team lead, product owner and agile coach to help their teams work better together. Looking back at my history, I think I could have gained a lot by working more closely with my peers to improve our teams' communication and effectiveness.